PyTables User's Guide

1	Introduction
	1.1	Main Features
	1.2	The Object Tree

2	Installation
	2.1	Installation from sources
	2.2	Binary installation (Windows)
		2.2.1	Basic installation (i.e. with no `LZO` and `UCL` compression libraries support)
		2.2.2	Advanced installation (i.e. with support for `LZO` and `UCL` compression libraries)

3	Some tutorials
	3.1	Getting started
		3.1.1	Importing `tables` objects
		3.1.2	Declaring a Column Descriptor
		3.1.3	Creating a `PyTables` file from scratch
		3.1.4	Creating a new group
		3.1.5	Creating a new table
		3.1.6	Reading (and selecting) data in table
		3.1.7	Creating new array objects
		3.1.8	Closing the file and looking at its content
	3.2	Browsing the object tree and more
		3.2.1	Traversing the object tree
		3.2.2	Setting and getting user attributes
		3.2.3	Getting object metadata
		3.2.4	Reading actual data from `Array` objects
		3.2.5	Appending data to an existing table
		3.2.6	And finally... how to remove rows from a table
	3.3	Multidimensional table cells and automatic sanity checks
		3.3.1	Shape checking
		3.3.2	Field name checking
		3.3.3	Data type checking

4	Library Reference
	4.1	`tables` variables and functions
		4.1.1	Global variables
		4.1.2	Global functions
	4.2	The `IsDescription` class
	4.3	The `Col` class and its descendants
	4.4	The `File` class
		4.4.1	`File` instance variables
		4.4.2	`File` methods
		4.4.3	`File` special methods
	4.5	The `Group` class
		4.5.1	`Group` instance variables
		4.5.2	`Group` methods
		4.5.3	`Group` special methods
	4.6	The `Leaf` class
		4.6.1	`Leaf` instance variables
		4.6.2	`Leaf` methods
	4.7	The `Table` class
		4.7.1	`Table` instance variables
		4.7.2	`Table` methods
		4.7.3	`Table` special methods
	4.8	The `Row` class
		4.8.1	`Row` methods
	4.9	The `Array` class
		4.9.1	`Array` instance variables
		4.9.2	`Array` methods
	4.10	The `AttributeSet` class
		4.10.1	`AttributeSet` instance variables
		4.10.2	`AttributeSet` methods

5	Optimization tips
	5.1	Taking advantage of Psyco
	5.2	Compression issues
	5.3	Informing `PyTables` about expected number of rows in tables
	5.4	Selecting an User Entry Point (UEP) in your tree

A	Supported data types in tables

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